26 September 2008 – 5.30 pm
here is the “after” of the table found at the flea market last month (please see a few posts below for the “before”):
i used my fab new rattan stencil from stencil library (#MD18) on the top, and layers of benjamin moore’s hc-172 (revere pewter) and pratt & lambert’s colonial williamsburg #819 (pelham gray light), along with some tinted glaze [...]
24 September 2008 – 5.16 pm
mrs. jones’s super-clever friends karen klawinski and katherine kaelin just rescued these bookshelves from a store-closing sale. after a good scrubbing and sanding, they were given a layer of glaze to soften and age them, and camoflauge their little flaws. now, they will just melt into the background as a display for the yummy gifts and antique treasures at le [...]
20 September 2008 – 5.15 pm
confession: i never truly understood mrs. stewart’s excitement over her araucana chickens and the paint color range she developed based on their eggs, until lovely kristen keegan (of pop-art pooch) kindly shared these amazing eggs with us, fresh from their farm. beautiful and delicious! who knew chickens and their eggs could be so colorfully inspiring? for the hilarious goings-on amongst the keegan’s [...]
16 September 2008 – 8.28 pm
if you were to have a treasure map of downtown memphis, there would be a big red “X” on the corner of south front at talbot street, on south front antiques. inside this 100+ year-old building are treats and treasures that my lovely client (and friend) karen nielsen scatamacchia’s family have brought together…all manner of salvaged architectural elements, doorknobs, hardware, columns, [...]
12 September 2008 – 5.54 pm
while it may sound like an indulgent spa treatment, lime wash is actually a cool old-school architectural coating that is slathered onto walls with an extra-big brush. after reading about it, i had to try it, and ordered two quarts of sydney harbour’s highly recommended product from cox paint. (because you can’t get it in memphis…yet.) having a question about [...]
8 September 2008 – 8.22 pm
a lovely and clever antique-mall-shopping, bargain-finding client requested that this 20’s style vanity set (including a mirror and bench, pictures to follow soon) be done up in a high-gloss white for her daughter della. a true-blue hannah montana/jonas brothers fan deserves no less than a lacquered finish and silver leaf on the hardware:
also above: an armoire similarly [...]
6 September 2008 – 8.49 pm
one more thing to love about downtown: the amazing farmer’s market at the train station on saturday mornings. besides the gorgeous produce, there are so many inspiring and colorful treats to be found: fresh pizza dough, the cucina bread lady, organic beef, goat cheese, home-made dog biscuits, fresh flowers, (most notably the bouquets from mr. sue) rustic little birdhouses made [...]
4 September 2008 – 8.40 pm
a favorite lovely client had this modern little table made, and asked for a glossy, broken-color finish. (alas, no “before” to show you!) oh well, here’s an “after”:
